Steel girders support the new boilers being constructed in the Mengel Company factory building at 11th and Dumesnil Streets. Pipes, bricks and lumber are stacked on the floor. A group of men are standing in the room.

A concrete silo is being constructed in the yard outside a Mengel factory building at 11th and Dumesnil Streets. Lumber is scattered at the base of the structure in the factory yard. The factory is a brick building with a smokestack.

A long view of the construction site for a new storage building at the Mengel Body Company, a business that manufactured wooden automobile bodies and parts. Pallets of wood are stacked next to railroad tracks that run alongside the building site....

This new storage building at the Mengel Body Company is a one-story brick building with windows installed along both walls. A smokestack and water tower are visible. Muddy ground surrounds the building.

A concrete silo has been constructed in the yard outside a Mengel factory building at 11th and Dumesnil Streets. A tank with a conical bottom is installed above the silo and lumber is stacked at its base. Four people are standing in the factory...

View from atop a building at the Mengel Company plant at 11th and Dumesnil Street showing a pipe extending across to the newly constructed shavings bin. Cars are parked in the courtyard below. Houses and other buildings stretch to the horizon....

View from atop a building at the Mengel Company plant at 11th and Dumesnil Street showing a pipe extending across to the newly constructed shavings bin. Houses and other buildings stretch to the horizon. A water tower is visible in the far distance.

Construction workers are busy in the courtyard of the Mengel Company where they are building a new shaving bin. It is a concrete silo surrounded by a buildings on three sides. A smokestack rises behind it. Wooden scaffolding sits atop the silo.

Exterior view of the construction of the new boiler room at the Mengel Body Company. Men are standing in groups around the construction site. The new boiler stands within a metal frame being constructed and is two-and-a-half stories tall....

Exterior view of the construction of the new boiler room at the Mengel Body Company. Men are building a brick wall that appears to be supporting the girder frame of the structure. The new boiler stands within the frame and is two-and-a-half stories...

Exterior view of the construction of the new boiler room at the Mengel Body Company. Men are building a brick wall that appears to be supporting the girder frame of the structure. The new boiler stands within the frame and is two-and-a-half stories...

A concrete silo is being constructed in the yard outside a Mengel factory building at 11th and Dumesnil Streets. Lumber is scattered at the base of the structure in the factory yard. The factory is a brick building with a smokestack. A wooden frame...

Construction workers stand at the base of the shaving bin they are building with a wheelbarrow they have pushed up a wooden ramp. A wooden frame encircles the top of the bin which they are building in the yard of a brick factory building at 11th...

A construction worker sits atop steel girders in the boiler room being constructed at the Mengel Company factory building at 11th and Dumesnil Streets. Three boilers are laying on the ground where there is a small tractor parked.

A concrete silo is being constructed in the yard outside a Mengel factory building at 11th and Dumesnil Streets. Lumber is scattered at the base of the structure in the factory yard. The factory is a brick building with a smokestack. A wooden frame...